Chakra
 Chakra is an indoor/outdoor yoga studio attached along the Milk building overlooking the Highline.It welcomes adult public users and employees to enjoy a yoga class, join nutritious support groups, eat and drink in the dining hall and even offers a supervised children’s play area.  Coronavirus has required people to socially-distance and are no longer allowed to come together. Due to this, some people may feel stressed, upset, lonley etc. I chose to design an indoor/outdoor yoga center as a way for people to relieve their stress and gather with others yet remaining 6-feet-apart. Not only is the attachment above ground and away from the chaotic city below but people can escape the stressful life for a moment by taking a yoga class or mediatate to ease their minds. Within this tough time, many people have struggled with maintaining a healthy life style. I wanted to offer a wellness community that reinhibits a fresh start.   Chakra includes many phenomenal tactics to address health and safety in the age of Covid 19. The tactics include light, ventilation, temperature and sound. Light and ventilation are portrayed through the half open ceilings and half open building facades. Due to heat rising, I placed the eat/drink voxel on the lower level so the users wouldn’t get overheated; whereas, placing the meditation pods and some yoga studios higher would create hot yoga. Also, the North building facade facing towards the Winter winds are more enclosed than the South building facade which is more open due to it facing the Summer winds. Lastly, I addressed sound by placing the louder voxels together and the quieter voxels together and have them be placed on opposite sides of the model.           |
The Mayura Chair
The Mayura chair is a lounging chair that is designed for compact spaces to be transformative and flat package able, a transformative effect is created using the diagonal slotting technique, when pulled apart the chair opens up into a seat
The Mayura Chair
The Mayura chair is a lounging chair that is designed for compact spaces to be transformative and flat package able, a transformative effect is created using the diagonal slotting technique, when pulled apart the chair opens up into a seat
The Chrysalis
The Chrysalis is a chair that is made to promote people to transform their chair into a cocoon out of spare cardboard. The Goal for this chair I wanted to Make a sustainable chair for long-term using Origami Techniques to
The Chrysalis
The Chrysalis is a chair that is made to promote people to transform their chair into a cocoon out of spare cardboard. The Goal for this chair I wanted to Make a sustainable chair for long-term using Origami Techniques to
THE TOME MESH CHAIR
By Miranda Alvarado The Tome Mesh Chair creates a practical oasis for book lovers who need their own private space for reading. It utilizes slotting & scoring methods to help uphold good posture. It uses weaving to help with comfort
THE TOME MESH CHAIR
By Miranda Alvarado The Tome Mesh Chair creates a practical oasis for book lovers who need their own private space for reading. It utilizes slotting & scoring methods to help uphold good posture. It uses weaving to help with comfort
TRIGON
A good reading chair is essential to keep focused from distractions like physical discomfort. The Trigon chair is a multifunctional statement piece that allows for reading and lounging. The reclined position allows you to sink in, creating longer reading sessions.
TRIGON
A good reading chair is essential to keep focused from distractions like physical discomfort. The Trigon chair is a multifunctional statement piece that allows for reading and lounging. The reclined position allows you to sink in, creating longer reading sessions.
The Loom Chair
The Loom Chair is a lounger that uses slotted and linked cardboard to create a hammock-like seat that allows you to curl up in. Concept This chair utilizes cardboard’s ability to create unique cushioning in the form of links. These
The Loom Chair
The Loom Chair is a lounger that uses slotted and linked cardboard to create a hammock-like seat that allows you to curl up in. Concept This chair utilizes cardboard’s ability to create unique cushioning in the form of links. These
Downward Spiral
L-sie Velasco Fall 24’ SVA IDD- 2010 Design Studio III Professor Darrick Borowski “Downward Spiral” is a chair designed to be a seat to combat doom scrolling. A lounge chair to remind users about the consequences of doom scrolling as
Downward Spiral
L-sie Velasco Fall 24’ SVA IDD- 2010 Design Studio III Professor Darrick Borowski “Downward Spiral” is a chair designed to be a seat to combat doom scrolling. A lounge chair to remind users about the consequences of doom scrolling as
Purrchitecture
The “Purrchitecture” is a multifunctional chair where the left side can be transformed into a shelf, a cat climbing structure, or a leaning support. It is crafted using a slotting technique. Its main feature is versatility, allowing it to adapt
Purrchitecture
The “Purrchitecture” is a multifunctional chair where the left side can be transformed into a shelf, a cat climbing structure, or a leaning support. It is crafted using a slotting technique. Its main feature is versatility, allowing it to adapt
Serpentine Chair
“The Chair is calling the Serpentine Chair. It’s a rocking chair made using the slotting and folding technique, designed for relaxation and suitable for various area.” Goal “The serpentine chair is made of cardboard. It is a sturdy rocking chair
Serpentine Chair
“The Chair is calling the Serpentine Chair. It’s a rocking chair made using the slotting and folding technique, designed for relaxation and suitable for various area.” Goal “The serpentine chair is made of cardboard. It is a sturdy rocking chair
The Filter
The Filter is an ecological solution for everyone and the Hudson river by purifying water and offering various activities from the tide effect, designed to be playful and contribute to environmental protection through river engagement. Site analysis Phenomena explanation 02.25.24
The Filter
The Filter is an ecological solution for everyone and the Hudson river by purifying water and offering various activities from the tide effect, designed to be playful and contribute to environmental protection through river engagement. Site analysis Phenomena explanation 02.25.24
Joyous Shades
Joyous Shades is a colorful play space that calls attention to the sun path though the shadows it casts. As the Sun moves across the sky and shines though the openings in the canopy, it will activate different colored panels
Joyous Shades
Joyous Shades is a colorful play space that calls attention to the sun path though the shadows it casts. As the Sun moves across the sky and shines though the openings in the canopy, it will activate different colored panels